Improved broom-head



MILLER & WESTON.

I Broom Head.

No. 62.768. Patented March 12, I867.

@uitrh tans gaunt {first H. B. MILLER AND M.- P. WESTON, OF GRAND,RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent 1%. 62,768, dated March 12, 1867.

IMPROVED BROOMF'HE'AD.

o. ALL, WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that we, H. B. MILLER and M.WESTON, ofGrand Rapids, in the county of Kent, and State ofMichigarnhave inventeda new and improved Broom-Head; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full,'clear, and exact description of theseine, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to which theinvention 'appertains to meke use of it, reference being had to' theaccompanying dram-wings, forming part of this specification, and inWhich- Figure 1 is alperspective view.

Figure 2 is an end view, showing the toothed bars which clamp the sidesof the case;

The "case attached to the end of the handle and adapted to receive thebroom-corn is clamped between two bars, whose teeth project through thecase into the corn to hold it in position; the bars are coupledtogetherby screws, whichpass through the case and the corn.

In the drawings, A is the handle entering the; socket B of the case, theflaring portion, C, of which contains the butts of thebroom-corn. D aretwo metallic bars, having teeth, d d, which project through holes in thecasing C, and into and a-m-ong'the corn. E E are two screws whichconnect the bars D D, so as to keep the fiettened'flaring case in shape,and at the'sitme time the pointsd d in position to hold the bunch ofbroom-corn" The heads of the screws rest upon the outer face of one ham,'alnd'the other is provided with a boss or enlargement, which gives moreroom for the screw-hole and strengthening the bar.

' Having described our invention, what we 'claimnsfnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the flaring case O, of the bars D D with teeth (1projecting through'the sides'of the case into the broom-corn, andconnected by set-screws E E, substantially as. described.

To the above specification of our improvement in broom-heads we-have setour hands, this 14th day of Ja-nucl'y, A. D. 1867. v 1' H. B. MILLER,

M. P. WESTON.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. WILLSON, L. HQRANDALL.

